Persuasive Argument On Social Media

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“Right now, 21 percent of smartphone owners have a cracked screen. In The U.S., that number is much higher, at 30 percent” (Nazarian) Most of them were probably on social media not paying attention to where they walked but what their friend was doing last night. A large portion of the world uses social media every day and does not pay attention to the world around them. People don't even pay attention to what they even post and realize that whatever they post will follow them forever and will reflect on their future life. People should not only pay attention to where they walk, but to their future. College recruiters and Job employers should be able to look at social media of applicants.
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Even to, though social networking is not private, everyone does not have access to it. “Over half of the applicants found on search engines and nearly two-thirds of the applicants found on social networking sites were not hired as a result of the information found on sites, such as Facebook.com, MySpace.com, and Google.com. Among other concerns, these sites are not necessarily valid nor is there any way to ascertain the true identity of the person responsible for the information found.” ( Jones ). By posting inappropriate thing it lowers your chances of being hired or accepted into college. People are responsible for what they post. It’s unreasonable to make personal information available to the whole world and not expect employers to look at it. ( Lee ). If people are willing to post things online to the public where friends and family can see, employers and recruiters should be able to use it as a resource. Using Facebook, The privacy wall is not there. Facebook is there to share not protect if people want privacy do not post on Facebook. ( Parr ) Even if you think your postings are private they are not and they follow you wherever you go. Every time someone posts something on social networking it is in the public to see and it follows you even if you think it’s temporary or

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